Using the net heavily doesn't necessarily mean a person is alone, or antisocial, or whatever future studies may suggest. You've probably noticed this yourself: many of us "addicted" net users have no problem talking to people face to face, and in fact we quite enjoy it; but isn't it ironic that the relative "anonymity" of the internet allows us to share personal thoughts and feelings that we might otherwise be too shy to reveal. Might this be how some of these net-initiated marriages happen? Or is it all thanks to "cybering"?
There are people who might not initially talk to you or to me in real life because they get a "vibe" (or think they do), yet the internet can dissolve those kinds of barriers and allow "jocks" and "preppies" to talk to "nerds" & "geeks" on equal terms (if the jocks can learn how to type properly:-P ).
It's like a bunch of spirits floating around in free communication, with no prejudice based on physical appearance (I didn't mean to sound like a hippie, but deal w/ it) This is one of the ideals of the much-espoused Age of Aquarius you might have heard about as a child of the 70's...
It's of course annoying when corporations spout off about how the internet "levels the playing field", because they are most often the very ones who don't want it level... yet that trite phrase is true, or at least more true now than it's ever been. As long as you can still relate f2f with people, you're OK. ...
...also, there is something vaguely uncool about the acronym RIMM... I like "DDRs" better... kind of like Deutsche Demokratische Republik... but much cooler...
I think it's good that the two companies are competing (it gives buyers lower prices and better selection), but it appears Intel tries to rush products out the door too fast... I for one am not clamoring for Rambus the same way I would clamor for the next beta of Action Half-Life... From the reviews I've read of currently-available i820 setups, you don't get much of a performance increase for all that extra money you pay... right now, I'll stick w/ AMD chips, or maybe the good ol' Intel Celeron... can't afford a Coppermine right now... but I'd rather have an Athlon anyway... I don't wish Intel would crumble... but I like 'em to feel the heat of close competition! This Rambus story brings to mind the Pentiums when they first came out... they had 'problems'. So I waited until the Pentium was nearly obsolete to buy one : ) just my 0.02
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Using the net heavily doesn't necessarily mean a person is alone, or antisocial, or whatever future studies may suggest. You've probably noticed this yourself: many of us "addicted" net users have no problem talking to people face to face, and in fact we quite enjoy it; but isn't it ironic that the relative "anonymity" of the internet allows us to share personal thoughts and feelings that we might otherwise be too shy to reveal. Might this be how some of these net-initiated marriages happen? Or is it all thanks to "cybering"?
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There are people who might not initially talk to you or to me in real life because they get a "vibe" (or think they do), yet the internet can dissolve those kinds of barriers and allow "jocks" and "preppies" to talk to "nerds" & "geeks" on equal terms (if the jocks can learn how to type properly
It's like a bunch of spirits floating around in free communication, with no prejudice based on physical appearance (I didn't mean to sound like a hippie, but deal w/ it) This is one of the ideals of the much-espoused Age of Aquarius you might have heard about as a child of the 70's...
It's of course annoying when corporations spout off about how the internet "levels the playing field", because they are most often the very ones who don't want it level... yet that trite phrase is true, or at least more true now than it's ever been. As long as you can still relate f2f with people, you're OK.
...also, there is something vaguely uncool about the acronym RIMM... I like "DDRs" better... kind of like Deutsche Demokratische Republik... but much cooler...
I think it's good that the two companies are competing (it gives buyers lower prices and better selection), but it appears Intel tries to rush products out the door too fast... I for one am not clamoring for Rambus the same way I would clamor for the next beta of Action Half-Life... From the reviews I've read of currently-available i820 setups, you don't get much of a performance increase for all that extra money you pay... right now, I'll stick w/ AMD chips, or maybe the good ol' Intel Celeron... can't afford a Coppermine right now... but I'd rather have an Athlon anyway... I don't wish Intel would crumble... but I like 'em to feel the heat of close competition! This Rambus story brings to mind the Pentiums when they first came out... they had 'problems'. So I waited until the Pentium was nearly obsolete to buy one : ) just my 0.02